Improvement in combined wash-bench and wringer



P. H. OOONEY. Combined Wash-Bench and Wringer.

No. 202,155. Patented Ap 19,1878.

W/ITNEEEEE, INNEN-VDR,

UNITED STATES PATENT -OEEIcEg vPATRICK H. COONEY, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMErJT` INCOMBINED-WASH-BENCH AND WRINGER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.` 202,155,- dated April 9, 1878; application led v i December 17, 1877. 4 l

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, PATRICK H. CooNEY, of Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania,vhave invented a new and use-.

ful Combined Wash-Bench and Wringer; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to the construction of what is known as a combined wash-bench and wringer.7

My device is shown in the accompanying drawings, as follows:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device, with parts broken out, where necessary, to show the device more perfectly. Fig. 2 shows the manner of constructing the drip-trough. Fig. 3 shows the manner in which the legs of the bench are attached and detached.

The frame-work which supports and sustains the wrin ger mechanism also serves as a support for the wash-tub. The construction and arrangement of this frame-work form the rst part of my invention. It consists of the two horizontal bars A, connected by the two run gs D3 and D4,- andthe uprights orlegs B and C, of which B are extended up so as to form the frame-work proper of the wrin ger. These uprights B are connected by the rung D5 at the bottom, and by another rung or cross-tie at the top.

The legs C are connected by the rungs Dl and D2. The uprights G and B are attachable to and detachable from theI horizontal barframe. The manner in which this attachment is made is asfollows, so far as the legs C are concerned: On the inside of the legs is a hook, N, and on the under side of the bar A is another liook, O. The hook N en gages with the rung D3, and the hook O'with the rung D2. Fig. 3 shows the manner in which these parts are brought into contact, and Fig. l shows them in position. When the bench is set up in position, as shown in Fig. l, the legs stand and hold solid. When it is desired to put the bench away in small compass, the legs can be detached at once. When a plain wash-bench without a wringer is desired, the frame-workA can be supplied with legs C at each end; but, as in the present case, when a wringer is in combination, the uprights B are made detachable, as [follows: On the outside of the uprights is provided a hook, M, whichL en gages with the rung D4, and a hook-brace, b, is provided on the opposite side of the upright B. This holds the upright B in position. When the hoolrbrace b is unhoolred and the upright B is thrown out at the top, the hook M will disengage and the part B is wholly disengaged from the frame-work A.

The wrin ger and its connections, which form the -second part of my invention, are constructed as follows: I I' are the rollers, which are journaled in a slot in the uprights B. To secure a pressure or tension to the rollers, I provide at each end of the rollers'a stirrupiron, H, which has a half-box form at H' on the top of the shaft of the upper roller I'. This stirrup-iron reaches down along the inside of the post B. There are two of the stirrup-irons--one on each end of the roller. The lower end of the stirrup-ironfis formed like a hook, as at 7L, and the chain Gr connects it with a hook, g, on the end of a lever, A. This lever A' reaches back to the back end of the frame A, and is then journaled on the rung D3. There are two of the levers A', to correspond with the two stirrup-irons, and near the hook end of the same they are connected by a cross-tie. Thus a separate and auXiliaryi'ramework, A', is provided within the frame-work A. The chains G are of such a length as to hold the frame-work A somewhat above-the frame A. The object of this is that the weight of thetub and contents will rest on the lever frame-work A', and will, through the stirrupirons H, produce a pressure upon the rollers.

In case the weight of the tub and 4contents is not sutcientto producethe necessary press ure, I have provided means for adding pressure by a foot-treadle arrangement, as follows: F isthe treadle. E is a lever, which is journaled on rung D5, and a hook-and-chain arrangement, e c, connects it with the lever A. K

Thus the weight of the tub and contents vcan be supplemented by the action of the foot upon the treadle F.

I provide the rollers with a drip-trough for carrying the expressedwater back into the tub. Drip-troughs in this connection are old.

This part of my invention relates to the manner of constructing the trough. The bottoni J and sides L of this trough are of wood, and

they are connected together by the mortised angle-iron K. (See Fig. 2,.) The angle-iron` also prevents the parts of Wood from warping. The bottom board J is provided With a slanting or diagonal slot, j, the object of which is to allow the drip to pass into the tub While clothes are passing up along the outer edge of the board toward the rollers. This slot is made crescent-shaped, so as to conform to the curve of the tub.

What-,I claim is- "1. In a combined Wash-bench and Wringer, the frame composed of the parts A B, &c., with rungs DZ D3 D, and hooks M, N, and O, and hook-brace b," said parts being arranged as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A tub-bench provided with legs G,Whicl1 are provided with means whereby they may be detached from the top of the bench by swinging them from the position they occupy when sustaining the bench, for the purposes mentioned.

3. In combination with the legs C and hooks N O and run gs D2 and D3, the horizontal barsV A, as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The drip-trough of a wringer-machine, composed of the parts J, K, and L, arranged together substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. rlhe combination, Within a combined Wash-bench and Wringer of the bars A, `uprights C and B, rungs D D",D3, D4, and D5, hooks M N O, hook-brace b, levers E and A', hooks e and a and g and h, stirrup-irons H, and rollers I I', as and for the purposes set forth. A

In testimony whereof I, the said PATRICK H. CooNEY, have hereunto set my hand.

PATRICK H. COONEY.

Witnesses:

JN0. K. HALLooK, JNO. D. MCFARLAND. 

